Organization
The IRBIM CNR Institute has Main Office in Messina and three Secondary Offices located in Ancona, Mazara del Vallo (TP) and Lesina (FG). Together with the ISMAR CNR and IAS CNR Institutes, IRBIM CNR completes the complementary and synergistic system of CNR DSSTTA research institutes that carry out research activities in the field of marine sciences.
Director
Gian Marco Luna
Director of CNR IRBIM since December 2020 (formerly Acting Director of CNR IRBIM during 2018-2020). Research Director, hired at the CNR in 2011, he obtained a PhD in Marine Biology and Ecology at the Polytechnic University of Marche (2005). He carried out scientific research at UnivPM (2006-2011), then at the CNR ISMAR Institute Main Office in Venice (2011-2016) and later at its Secondary Office in Ancona (2016-2018). He has participated in national and international research projects and scientific expeditions around the globe, and has been a visiting scientist in foreign Research Centers. He is the author of >100 publications including articles in peer reviewed scientific journals, popular articles on marine sciences and book chapters. His research investigates the marine ecosystem and how marine microorganisms affect its functioning, from the coastal area to the abyssal depths, with emphasis on the mechanisms that regulate biodiversity and the response of the marine (micro)biota to human impact and global change.
Head of the Research Center
Administrative Secretary
Massimo Virgili
He collaborates in various research projects in the field of biology and technology of fishing and conservation of protected marine species. For over ten years he has been involved in the management of bivalve mollusc fisheries and in the experimentation of mitigation devices for the reduction of bycatch in commercial fishing. He carries out coordination activities (working groups and project partnerships), management, field activities (experimentation, monitoring of fisheries resources and oceanographic campaigns) and dissemination and dissemination. Author and co-author of about thirty scientific articles on research and experimentation on commercial fishing in the Mediterranean.
Administrative Managers
The Grant Office of IRBIM CNR, established by Director’s Provision no. 5/2020 (prot. no. 56/2020 of 09/01/2020), and subsequently revised (prot. no. 305817 /2024 of 05/09/2024), provides support for the planning, presentation and management of national and international research projects by the Institute’s Campuses. Its Strategic Objectives are: – To strengthen cooperation with public and private bodies at regional, national and international level as well as to promote the strategic positioning of the Institute, also in relation to national and international strategies in line with the mission of the Institute; – Establish new partnership networks and strengthen existing ones; – Intercept resources for the implementation of national, European and international research projects, and not, in line with the mission of the Institute; – Rationalize the design and management of interventions under the main national, European and international programs; – Communicate and disseminate the activities and results of the projects. The Office is responsible for and disseminates the Annual Report on funding to the CNR IRBIM to the Institute network.
The Recruitment Office of IRBIM CNR, established by Provision of the Director no. 12/2021 (prot. 709/2021 of 02/12/2021), is dedicated to the completion of all the bankruptcy procedures of the Institute. The Office carries out the following activities: – Management, preparation and completion of administrative acts and insolvency procedures; – Management of requests for new competition procedures proposed by IRBIM staff (who request them), verification of financial coverage and signing of the relevant documents to the Management; – Support to the IRBIM CNR Project Office on the reporting of the staff recruited as part of the various projects and funding; – Management and physical and digital archiving of the documentation of all the bankruptcy procedures carried out; – Management of the common progressive numbering of the Institute’s calls for tenders and any measures related to them; – Mailbox management ufficio.concorsi@irbim.cnr.it; – Disclosure to all IRBIM staff on the release of each new call; – Participation of the staff belonging to the Insolvency Procedures Office in refresher and training events on insolvency procedures in the Entity; – Consultancy activities to the Competition/Selection Committees aimed at the interpretation and application of the regulations in force on the subject for the correct conduct of administrative procedures; monitoring of all the temporal and procedural phases of the competitions/selections in progress to provide the Head of the Headquarters and the Director with information elements; – Procedural indications regarding the exercise of the right of access to competition documents in application of Law 241/90 and subsequent amendments and in accordance with the organizational provision of D.G. no. 22 of 18/05/2007 and with provision no. 062 of 08/11/2007 of the D.G., subject to verification of the individual procedures for acceptance/deferral according to the prescribed operating procedures; – Activities related to the recruitment and renewal of fixed-term staff, research fellows and scholarship holders; – Collection and dissemination of information relating to the periodic monitoring of tenured staff, contract staff, research fellows, scholarship holders.
ICT Office
The ICT Office
of IRBIM CNR carries out the following activities: – Server Management, Network Infrastructure and IT Security; – Development and management of infrastructure in the Cloud; – Management of authentication, authorization and accounting systems for personnel; – Data backup and disaster recovery management – Mail service management; – Management and support software for other offices; – Help Desk services to staff; – Second-level assistance on ICT services – Digital Transaction Services; – IT Procurement Management; – Development and management of Institute Websites; – Hosting management for web platforms; – IT support for scientific projects (script development, software, web app and service).
